Sixteen kinds of emptiness
Sixteen kinds of emptiness, or shunyata (Tib. tongnyi chudruk; Wyl. stong nyid bcu drug), which are mentioned in Chandrakirti's Madhyamakavatara:
- emptiness of the outer
- emptiness of the inner
- emptiness of the outer and inner
- great emptiness
- emptiness of the beginningless and endless
- emptiness of the conditioned
- emptiness of the unconditioned
- emptiness of emptiness
- emptiness beyond extremes
- natural emptiness
- emptiness of the unobserved
- ultimate emptiness
- emptiness of the indispensable
- emptiness of the essential nature of non-entities
- emptiness of all phenomena
- emptiness of specific characteristics